Spoken like a woman
speech and gender in Athenian drama
by Laura McClure
"In ancient Athens, where freedom of speech derived from the power of male citizenship, women's voices were seldom heard in public. Female speech was more often represented in theatrical productions through women characters written and enacted by men. In Spoken Like a Woman, the first book-length study of women's speech in classical drama, Laura McClure explores the discursive practices attributed to women of fifth-century B.C. Greece and to what extent these representations reflected a larger reality.
Examining tragedies and comedies by a variety of authors, she illustrates how the dramatic poets exploited speech conventions among both women and men to construct characters and to convey urgent social and political issues."--BOOK JACKET.
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Greek drama, Greek language, Intellectual life, Spoken Greek, History and criticism, Sex role in literature, Speech in literature, Women and literature, Sex differences, Gender identity in literature, Women in literature, Greek drama, history and criticism, HistoryPlaces
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Spoken like a woman: speech and gender in Athenian drama
1999, Princeton University Press
in English
0691017301 9780691017303
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index.
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